[Python-3000] JSON nit

Wed Mar 19 08:42:39 CET 2008

On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 8:32 PM, <skip at pobox.com> wrote:
> Regarding putting some JSON implementation in the standard library...
>> I suppose anyone who uses JSON is aware of its limitations, but this was a
> bit disconcerting:
>> >>> simplejson.loads(simplejson.dumps({1: 2}))
> {u'1': 2}
>> Silent type conversion is a Perl thing. I would prefer it if it raised a
> TypeError if I tried to encode something other than a string as a dictionary
> key.

It's also a JavaScript thing, which is why that behavior was chosen.
Yes it's silly, but no it has never caused anyone any (reported)
problems in practice.
-bob